By Pierre Lemieux
Amazon is in many ways a fascinating company and deserves to be defended against most of its mainstream critics. However, it would be simplistic to explain its campaign for a $15 federally-imposed minimum wage by identifying it with a corporate Mother Teresa. Its more obvious reasons to preach for minimum wages are not defendable. I will not repeat all the arguments against the minimum wage, summarized in a good article by Cato Institute’s Ryan Bourne (“The Case Against a $15...
Many of the comments on my post yesterday, "Bernie Sanders, Minimum Wage, and Systemic Racism," March 1, were particularly good. They have convinced me that I need to walk back some of the things I said. Like most people, I hate to admit that...
Phil: Rights are either rights to do things or they are nothing. Rights to do things include the right to marry whom you want (and who wants to marry you) and to form other sorts of voluntary associations.
Pierre Lemieux , March 4, 11:08 am.